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Meaning of "scoptophilia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCOPTOPHILIA

scoptophilia  [ˌskɒptəˈfɪlɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCOPTOPHILIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scoptophilia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCOPTOPHILIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Scopophilia

Scopophilia or scoptophilia, from Greek "love of looking", is deriving pleasure from looking. As an expression of sexuality, it refers to sexual pleasure derived from looking at erotic objects: erotic photographs, pornography, naked bodies, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCOPTOPHILIA


ailourophilia
aɪˌluːrəˈfɪlɪə
ailurophilia
aɪˌlʊərəˈfɪlɪə
arctophilia
ˌɑːktəˈfɪlɪə
basophilia
ˌbeɪsəˈfɪlɪə
biophilia
ˌbaɪəʊˈfɪlɪə
canophilia
ˌkænəˈfɪlɪə
claustrophilia
ˌklɔːstrəˈfɪlɪə
eosinophilia
ˌiːəʊˌsɪnəˈfɪlɪə
ephebophilia
ɪˌfiːbəˈfɪlɪə
Germanophilia
dʒɜːˌmænəˈfɪlɪə
gerontophilia
dʒɛˌrɒntəˈfɪlɪə
hemophilia
ˌhiːməˈfɪlɪə
paedophilia
ˌpiːdəʊˈfɪlɪə
Pamphylia
pæmˈfɪlɪə
paraphilia
ˌpærəˈfɪlɪə
pedophilia
ˌpiːdəʊˈfɪlɪə
scopophilia
ˌskɒpəˈfɪlɪə
stigmatophilia
stɪɡˌmætəˈfɪlɪə
topophilia
ˌtɒpəˈfɪlɪə
zoophilia
ˌzəʊəˈfɪlɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCOPTOPHILIA

scop
scopa
scopae
Scopas
scopate
scope
scope out
scopelid
scopeloid
scoping study
scopolamine
scopoline
scopophilia
scopophiliac
scopophilic
scopophobia
scoptophobia
scopula
scopulae
scopulate

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCOPTOPHILIA

Anglophilia
automobilia
Cecilia
cilia
coprophilia
cynophilia
Europhilia
haemophilia
ilia
Ismailia
juvenilia
memorabilia
milia
monilia
necrophilia
neophilia
Reggio nell´Emilia
retrophilia
Sicilia
technophilia

Synonyms and antonyms of scoptophilia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scoptophilia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCOPTOPHILIA

Find out the translation of scoptophilia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scoptophilia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scoptophilia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

scoptophilia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scoptophilia
570 millions of speakers

English

scoptophilia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scoptophilia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شبق النظر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

scoptophilia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escoptofilia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scoptophilia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scoptophilia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scoptophilia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scoptophilia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scoptophilia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scoptophilia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scoptophilia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scoptophilia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scoptophilia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्कोपोपथीलिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

scoptophilia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scoptofilia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scoptophilia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

scoptophilia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scoptophilia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

scoptophilia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scoptophilia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scoptophilia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scoptophilia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scoptophilia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCOPTOPHILIA»

The term «scoptophilia» is used very little and occupies the 191.712 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCOPTOPHILIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scoptophilia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scoptophilia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scoptophilia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCOPTOPHILIA»

Discover the use of scoptophilia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scoptophilia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eros, Magic, and the Murder of Professor Culianu
Ted Anton. Scoptophilia. Lumea Libera, September 15, 1990, p. 9. Scoptophilia. Lumea Libera, September 22, 1990, p. 9. Scoptophilia. Lumea Libera, September 29, 1990, p. 9. Scoptophilia. Lumea Libera, October 6, 1990, p. 9. Scoptophilia.
Ted Anton, 1996
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The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis
Very often sadistic impulses aretied up with scoptophilia: the individual wants to see something in order to destroy it (or to gain reassurance that the object is not yet destroyed). Often, looking itself is unconsciously thought of as a substitute for  ...
Otto Fenichel, 2014
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General Psychological Theory: Papers on Metapsychology
It follows that, in considering the preliminary phase of the scoptophilic instinct, when the subject's own body is the object of the scoptophilia, we must place it under the heading of narcissism; it is a narcissistic formation. From this phase the  ...
Sigmund Freud, 2008
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The Collected Papers of Otto Fenichel: First Series
3935;. and. scoptophilia,. 373%. 3748. 377. 381. 390, 391, 394E; of superego, 72 , 77; in transvestitism, 169i, 172f, 179 Science: and psychoanalysis, 12f, 19f, 318 Scoptophilic instinct: aim(s) of, 377; and castration ...
Otto Fenichel, Hanna Fenichel, David Rapaport, 1987
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The Complete Correspondence of Sigmund Freud and Karl ...
The repression of scoptophilia had led to the most bizarre obsessional symptoms : for instance, brooding about the appearance of invisible things (what the conscious and the unconscious looked like in the brain, what his neurosis looked like, ...
Karl Abraham, Sigmund Freud, Ernst Falzeder, 2002
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Psychoanalysis and Cinema
39; see scoptophilia scopic drives, 195; see scoptophilia scoptophilia. 39, 41. 45, 182, 195 signiiier/signified, 7, 28, 32, 43. 46. 66. 67, 68, 81, 110. 113. 117, 118. 122. 206. 241 social institutions. 3. 22. 140 subjectivity, 51. 52. 54. 58. 59; female  ...
E. Ann Kaplan, 2013
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Love, Guilt and Reparation: And Other Works 1921-1945
At a very early stage of his development his scoptophilia, which was intensified by the experience of the primal scene, had become subject to repression. This became again evident in the course of the analysis. Following a visit to the opera he ...
Melanie Klein, 2002
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On Flinching: Theatricality and Scientific Looking from ...
It is a Greek translation of the German Schaulust, the word first used by Freud to describe the 'perversion' of voyeurism in the Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905).55 In fact, 'scopophilia'—or 'scoptophilia' as it was originally ...
Tiffany Watt-Smith, 2014
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Michael Powell: Interviews
I then wanted to show the result of that camera being trained upon him. announcer: Do you connect scoptophilia with the diseases of our civilization? leo marks: I think scoptophilia, or the urge to peep, is a very common, prevelant complaint.
David Lazar, 2003
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The Healer's Bent: Solitude and Dialogue in the Clinical ...
See also bisexuality; homosexuality; scoptophilia adolescence and, 134, 171, 214,218 aggression and, 157,159,160-161,162,163, 166-167 between analysts and patients, 77,79,81,85, 129, 162, 163, 164, 210, 212-213, 216 infantile, 38 ...
James McLaughlin, 2013

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCOPTOPHILIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scoptophilia is used in the context of the following news items.
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IOAN PETRU CULIANU – 65
În textele sale, publicate în cadrul rubricii „Scoptophilia” („plăcerea de a observa”), el critică vehement regimul politic instaurat în România după căderea ... «IasiFun, Jun 15»
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Cine la ucis pe Ioan Petru Culianu într-o toaletă din Chicago …
De curând renunţase la rubrica „Scoptophilia" din revista „Lumea liberă românească" de la New York, în care criticase noul regim de la Bucureşti şi exprimase ... «Romanian Global News, May 15»
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Cardinals' Rick Pitino Blames Referees, Cincy Fans: About …
... Kraupl-Taylor concluded that scapegoating "leads to the satisfaction of unconscious scoptophilia and aggression and gives narcissistic satisfaction to the ego. «Bleacher Report, Feb 12»
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Ioan Petru Culianu inedit
În România. (Inedit. Articol scris în vara 1990, pentru rubrica Scoptophilia din revista Lumea liberă românească, New York.) „Eu sunt un noluntar“. Întrebări. 1. «Revista 22, May 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Scoptophilia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/scoptophilia>. Apr 2024 ».
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